Dzhidinsky District
Джидинский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Buryat | Зэдын аймаг |
Coordinates: 50°36′N 105°19′E / 50.600°N 105.317°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
Established | 1935 |
Administrative center | Petropavlovka[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,600 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,352 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 24,228 (−17.5%) |
• Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
• Urban | 18.4% |
• Rural | 81.6% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 15 Selsoviets, 8 Somons |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 38 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Dzhidinsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 22 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 81612000 |
Website | http://admdzd.sdep.ru |
2010 Census | 29,352[3] |
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2002 Census | 32,449[7] |
1989 Census | 35,390[8] |
1979 Census | 34,212[9] |
Dzhidinsky District (Russian: Джиди́нский райо́н; Buryat: Зэдын аймаг, Zedyn aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 8,600 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Petropavlovka.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,352, with the population of Petropavlovka accounting for 25.4% of that number.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dzhidinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets and eight somons, which comprise thirty-eight rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dzhidinsky Municipal District.[5] Its fifteen selsoviets and eight somons are incorporated as twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Petropavlovka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.